Would it be worth contacting the other GNU projects that use Guile? Can someone put this announcement on the Guile mailing list?
Pj. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 06:53:38AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote: > FOSDEM Dev track deadline Oct. 9th. The more talk proposals we have > for Guile/Guix, the better: > > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/TalkProposals > > If you have an idea for a talk on Guile/Guix, please add it before > coming Monday. Even if you are not sure you can make it. We may find > someone else to give the talk! Dave, how about your static web > publishing system, and the the deployment stuff? > > We also need non-Guix talks! How about a Guile talk on monads, or > Guile as part of other GNU projects? The language dev tracks tend to > be interesting, let's make ours exciting! > > Pj. > > ----- Forwarded message from Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]> ----- > > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:14:38 +0100 > From: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i > > FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to > meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly > developer-oriented, the event brings together some 5000+ geeks from > all over the world. > > The sixteenth edition will take place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st > January 2016 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. > > We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, > stands and lightning talks. > > Main Tracks > ----------- > Previous editions have featured main tracks centered around security, > operating system development, community building, and many other > topics. Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long and should > cater to a varied technical audience. The conference covers > reasonable travel expenses agreed in advance and arranges > accommodation for accepted main track speakers. > > Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using > Pentabarf: > https://fosdem.org/submit > > This year, submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with > those received by 16 October. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > > Key dates: > 16 October > - deadline for first batch of main track proposals > > 30 October > - final deadline for main track proposals > > 2 November onwards > - main track talks announced (in batches) > > Developer Rooms > --------------- > Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work > together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics > relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Content may be > scheduled in any format, subject to approval. Popular formats include > presentation tracks, hacking sessions and panel discussions. > Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries > are strongly encouraged. > > Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at > https://fosdem.org/devroom > which contains further information. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > > Key dates: > 9 October > - deadline for developer room proposals > > 19 October > - accepted developer rooms announced > > 2 November (or earlier) > - developer rooms issue Calls for Participation > > 18 December (or earlier) > - developer rooms publish complete schedules > > Stands > ------ > FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity > to display their work during the event. At its stand, a project can > share information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, > and so on, and personally interact with the visitors. > > What we offer: > > - one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with > developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. In some > cases, a second table may be possible, if you have a good reason to > need two. > - two chairs per table > - one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional > sockets, please bring them yourself) > - fast uplink shared wireless Internet access > > To apply, please fill out the form at: > https://fosdem.org/stands > which contains further information. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > > Key dates: > 13 November > - deadline for stand proposals > > 30 November > - accepted stands announced > > Lightning talks > --------------- > Lighting talks are short - 15 minutes - talks on a wide variety of > topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open > source or free software topic can apply. We particularly encourage > topics that do not fit in any of the developer rooms. > > Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf: > > https://fosdem.org/submit > > Please select "Lightning Talks" in the "track" field. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at [email protected]. > > Key dates: > 27 November > - deadline for lightning talk proposals > > 14 December > - accepted lightning talks announced > > All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC. > > _______________________________________________ > FOSDEM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > --
